Cervical spinal injury occurs in 2% of victims of blunt trauma; the incidence is increased if
the Glasgow Coma Scale score is less than 8 or if there is a focal neurologic deficit …

The use of conventional modalities for chronic neck pain remains debatable, primarily
because most treatments have had limited success. We conducted a review of the literature …

Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, Second Edition, presents clear, accessible
explanations of the biomechanical principles of injury and how injuries affect the normal …

Predicting neck response and injury resulting from motor vehicle accidents is essential to
improving occupant protection. A detailed human cervical spine finite element model has …

Many detailed cervical spine models have been developed and primarily used to investigate
kinematic response of the neck in impact scenarios. However, the goal of detailed models is …

Objective: To provide certified athletic trainers, team physicians, emergency responders, and
other health care professionals with recommendations on how to best manage a …

In nature, several seabirds (eg, gannets and boobies) dive into water at up to 24 m/s as a
hunting mechanism; furthermore, gannets and boobies have a slender neck, which is …

ABSTRACT A three-dimensional (3D) finite element model (FEM) that simulates the
Impactor weight-drop experimental model of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) was …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the application of computational impact
biomechanics to the consequences of real world passenger car accidents on human …

Due to the inherent bony instability of the cervical spine, there is an over-reliance on
ligamentous structures for stability, making this segment of the vertebral column most prone …